About the College
The University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville is a metropolitan clinical teaching site for the Gainesville-based Colleges of Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry. Students from these colleges rotate through the various clinical settings of the Shands Jacksonville campus, the UF Primary Care Centers and UF Specialty Care Centers located throughout Jacksonville. In addition to University of Florida students, other local colleges and schools use this campus for student clinical placement.
The UF College of Nursing began offering M.S.N. studies in Jacksonville in 1979. In 1999, Ph.D. courses were made available in Jacksonville. The new clinical doctorate degree, Doctor of Nursing Practice, was added through the Jacksonville Campus in 2007.
Nursing classes are held in the nursing suite, located on the third floor of the Learning Resource Center on Shands Jacksonville's main campus, and in several education classrooms located throughout the Jacksonville campus. Web-based delivery is offered for some courses as well.
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